Aegean and Olympic Hits Record Traffic

Aegean Airlines and Olympic Air marked a historic record with passenger traffic increasing by six percent in 2017.

For the first time in the airlines’ history, the number of passengers surpassed the 13.2 million mark, 750,000 more than 2016. It is worth mentioning that the increase in traffic is entirely due to the improved utilisation of the network, since

the number of flights operated in 2017 was not higher than in 2016.Passengers travelled in the international network, which continues to be the main growth driver, amounted to 7.3 million passengers, recording an annual increase of nine percent.

On the other hand, despite the increased number of competitors, domestic traffic also increased, reaching 5.9 million passengers compared to 5.7 million in 2016.